How much do you know about our Solar System? Test your knowledge with this fun space theme quiz and find out!
This planet is the answer to one of the questions, but you'll have to work out which question it is!
See how many you can get out of 10.....
1. How many planets are there in our Solar Sytem?
2. What is the biggest planet, Jupiter or Earth?
3. Which planet is so light that it could float in water?
4. Which of the planets is known for having the stormiest climate with wind gusts of more than 1000 mph?
5. How far is the Moon from Earth? 382,500 miles or 38,000 miles?
6. Does Mercury have any moons?
7. Which planet has clouds that contain deadly sulfuric acid, Saturn or Venus?
8. Have humans walked on Mars?
9. How old is the Earth?
10. What 2 planets are known as Ice Giants?
Answers below ....
ANSWERS
1. How many planets are there in our Solar Sytem? Eight (remember, Pluto is now thought of as a "dwarf planet").
2. What is the biggest planet? Jupiter, which is 1400 times the volume of Earth!
3. Which planet is so light that it could float in water? Saturn, which is a very light gas planet.
4. Which of the planets is known for having the stormiest climate with wind gusts of more than 1000 mph? Neptune
5. How far is the Moon from Earth? 382,500 miles
6. Does Mercury have any moons? No. Nor does Venus, but all other planets have between 1 and 18 moons!
7. Which planet has clouds that contain deadly sulfuric acid? Venus
8. Have humans walked on Mars? No, but we've landed spacecrafts on Mars since 1975.
9. How old is the Earth? 4.5 to 4.6 Billions years old
10. What 2 planets are known as Ice Giants? Uranus and Neptune
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